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the movement began against of the war in vietnam that he also felt very strongly about that and his energy began to divide, you know, she never forgot about the black struggle or ceased to have full sympathy with it. but the demand on his time tended to be more in regard to the vietnam. >> host: before we talk about what he did in opposition to the war we can talk about him getting fired from spearman college. this is an interesting episode of his life and it is certainly related to the civil rights that he did. what was going on at spellman at the time? >> guest: spellman had a black president at that time named albert manly, and it's only since the book has come out as a result of the conversation with someone. i've changed my perspective and he and so vividly howard and his family were packed up in the summer of 1963 ready to go to boston for the summer, and he stopped off at the mailbox for one last book because they needed the last salary check and he hoped would be there. what she found instead was the letter from him that preemptively fired him and told him not to come back. and it
the movement began against of the war in vietnam that he also felt very strongly about that and his energy began to divide, you know, she never forgot about the black struggle or ceased to have full sympathy with it. but the demand on his time tended to be more in regard to the vietnam. >> host: before we talk about what he did in opposition to the war we can talk about him getting fired from spearman college. this is an interesting episode of his life and it is certainly related to the...
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and his energies began to divide. you know, he never forgot about the black struggle or ceased to have full sympathy with it. but the demands on his time tended to be more and more in regard to the war in vietnam. >> host: now, maybe before we talk a little wit more about what he -- little bit more about what he did in opposition to the war we can talk about what he did to get fired from spelman college. it's certainly related to the civil rights work he did. what was going on at spelman at the time? >> guest: spelman had a black president at the time named albert manley. and it's only, it's only since the book has come out as a result of a conversation with someone that i've changed my perspective on the fact that the black president and howard tangled so often and finally so bitterly. howard and his family were packed up in the summer of 1963 ready to go to boston for the summer, and howard stopped off at the mailbox for one look -- for one last look because they needed the last salary check, and he hoped it would b
and his energies began to divide. you know, he never forgot about the black struggle or ceased to have full sympathy with it. but the demands on his time tended to be more and more in regard to the war in vietnam. >> host: now, maybe before we talk a little wit more about what he -- little bit more about what he did in opposition to the war we can talk about what he did to get fired from spelman college. it's certainly related to the civil rights work he did. what was going on at spelman...
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the global leader in -- energy. if we seize the opportunity now, we will be positioned to lead for decades, and realize the economic and energy security benefits of that leadership. the world is watching. our decision will impact -- regions around the world, middle east, europe, asia, and elsewhere. we will encourage by president obama's 2012 campaign comments supporting an all-of the-above agenda on energy and his statements outlining specific support for oil and natural gas production. we need more energy ever all times. even as we dramatically expand renubility energy sources and increase energy fossil fuels continue to have an important role to play. not only does natural gas have an increase role in electrician generation it provides the raw materials to manufacture wind turbine, and solar panel. it's a backup power. a future of abundant domestic energy is already being made real through today's oil and natural gas industry investments. in cutting edge technology, to our resources previously thought unreachable
the global leader in -- energy. if we seize the opportunity now, we will be positioned to lead for decades, and realize the economic and energy security benefits of that leadership. the world is watching. our decision will impact -- regions around the world, middle east, europe, asia, and elsewhere. we will encourage by president obama's 2012 campaign comments supporting an all-of the-above agenda on energy and his statements outlining specific support for oil and natural gas production. we...
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another author that the energy-efficient and how to richer federal buildings to save money and energy while dramatically reducing pollution and other emissions. in 2009 mckinsey report estimates that a $520 billion investment in energy efficiency building retrofit would yield savings and efficiency of 1.2 trillion by 2020. that is a win for the environment. it's a win for the economy. so why don't those investments have been? the conservation leadership role offers stephanie grace into challenges. the returns on investments are positive, they may be lower than alternative investments. sometimes the building owner to pace capital cost is not the user against her mother energy costs. brittany describes sources of capital such as program related investments funded by foundations to pay for retrofit. another paper looks at the coral reef, offering ideas for investment protection, often overlooked economic livelihood through some 500 million people world wide. the reefs are in decline. in some places, those declines are dramatic. the coc authors read what sin and how will that take user fe
another author that the energy-efficient and how to richer federal buildings to save money and energy while dramatically reducing pollution and other emissions. in 2009 mckinsey report estimates that a $520 billion investment in energy efficiency building retrofit would yield savings and efficiency of 1.2 trillion by 2020. that is a win for the environment. it's a win for the economy. so why don't those investments have been? the conservation leadership role offers stephanie grace into...
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the last time this energy was july of 2010. we are going back to those places and those people who are making those accusations and calling you a reverse racist. how do you feel being back now that you have the whole story? >> it feels good to know that i was able to use that same media to be able to get the story -- the wright story out. it's a feeling i can't explain. how great it feels to be able to sit here. it is really amazing. i made the decision years ago that i didn't want people to forget my father and what he meant to us. but i had no idea that i would be able to tell the story in this way. it feels great. >> what is so beautiful about this story? it's more than a book? is a living history? a love letter to choices, and it reminds us that without the feeling, the facts don't convey what history has been. and that as brutal as the history of african americans struggle for humanitarian rights and it has been humanity and love and family and choice and possibility and sacrifice. i'm wondering if you could go back. >> i
the last time this energy was july of 2010. we are going back to those places and those people who are making those accusations and calling you a reverse racist. how do you feel being back now that you have the whole story? >> it feels good to know that i was able to use that same media to be able to get the story -- the wright story out. it's a feeling i can't explain. how great it feels to be able to sit here. it is really amazing. i made the decision years ago that i didn't want people...
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co2 than the environment if it were to decompos in the forest naturally, but, of course, i have the energy saver light lightbulbs. those change an entire house to those bulbs saves as much carbon in a year as moving to a walkable neighborhood saves in a week. the whole green gizmo green gadget discussion, you know, what can i buy to be sustainable? that's the wrong discussion. it's where can i live and how can i live to contribute less? the answer, again, is the city. this is fundamentally the opposite of american ethos. you know, from jefferson on. cities are not for the moral and health and freedom of man. if we continue to pile upon ourselves in cities like europe, we'll take to eating one another as they do there. [laughter] that was jefferson. that's continuing and continuing, and it made sense back in the 1700s when we had the whole country to spread out on and biggest by-product of transportation was fertilizer. that's not the case now. it's a longer discussion. all three of these are longer discussions, but they are national crisis. we have a national economic crisis. it's only goi
co2 than the environment if it were to decompos in the forest naturally, but, of course, i have the energy saver light lightbulbs. those change an entire house to those bulbs saves as much carbon in a year as moving to a walkable neighborhood saves in a week. the whole green gizmo green gadget discussion, you know, what can i buy to be sustainable? that's the wrong discussion. it's where can i live and how can i live to contribute less? the answer, again, is the city. this is fundamentally the...
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there's great energy around women's leadership in this country right now. we also turned out women voters in the largest ever independent program of ours called women vote in competitive races across the country, and we didn't just elect great historic numbers of women to congress but we helped elect president barack obama, who has been so good for women across the country. it was pretty clear this election was about women. it was about women candidates. it was about women donors we heard a lot of women's issues, some in a way i would prefer not to hear about, and we sure heard a lot about women voters who made these decisions. there's been a lot of talk about this new democratic coalition, the winning coalition of young people, hispanics, and women. kind of like that coalition. think that's a great coalition. but women want to keep -- women are not just a voting bloc or subset of the population. they are 51% of the population, that's a majority. and less than 55% of women voted for president obama. there was an 18-point gender gap in this election, and for
there's great energy around women's leadership in this country right now. we also turned out women voters in the largest ever independent program of ours called women vote in competitive races across the country, and we didn't just elect great historic numbers of women to congress but we helped elect president barack obama, who has been so good for women across the country. it was pretty clear this election was about women. it was about women candidates. it was about women donors we heard a lot...
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which also, as you discuss the process, to the extent you can share and identify how it is that that energy is designed to elicit the kind of information that would allow us to ask the next logical question about somebody's background? >> yes, sir. the information that we have on refugee applicants does a very in certain regards. .. >> has a shared a story of persecution, a story of flight. they've been in the camp, they've had a ration for 20 years, they've talked about who their children are, who their family members are. so there's quite a long record on who that person is before resettlement to the united states has ever even been talked about. and so when we do the interview with that kind of a family, we will have that record in front of us, and we can elicit testimony and see if the things they are telling us are consistent with the records and the story that they have been telling to the u.n. refugee agency over a period of time, and that can give us greater confidence that the information that we're eliciting is true and accurate. in other cases we may encounter, say an iraqi appli
which also, as you discuss the process, to the extent you can share and identify how it is that that energy is designed to elicit the kind of information that would allow us to ask the next logical question about somebody's background? >> yes, sir. the information that we have on refugee applicants does a very in certain regards. .. >> has a shared a story of persecution, a story of flight. they've been in the camp, they've had a ration for 20 years, they've talked about who their...
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so it's hard to understand what someone really goes through and how much time and effort and energy and heart rate goes into something and experiences to stand up for what's right. >> i could not let it go. it just was not right. i could not let go. the law is on my side, and all it did was talk to the supreme court about this ruling until the next ridiculous case that came. it was on the wrong form or wrong date -- it should have been let go. but they thought, okay, just let that one go. the shots were not called in a correct way, in my opinion. she is right. it's a long fight on individuals and hard on families. we cannot leave home on a vacation or go on a trip because we needed to be in reachable place for the attorneys for 10 years. it took nine years in 18 months. >> were we thinking at the time? >> you don't see any cases in the paper that are quick fixes. they dragged him out. equal employment commission has more money than i do a lot of work with them now are you would think that they are doing is training governments that don't bring in the official people to train them and wh
so it's hard to understand what someone really goes through and how much time and effort and energy and heart rate goes into something and experiences to stand up for what's right. >> i could not let it go. it just was not right. i could not let go. the law is on my side, and all it did was talk to the supreme court about this ruling until the next ridiculous case that came. it was on the wrong form or wrong date -- it should have been let go. but they thought, okay, just let that one go....
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there's great energy account of the women's leadership in this country right now. we also turned out the voters in the largest ever independent expenditure program called the women vote in competitive races across the country and by turning out these voters we didn't just elect great historic numbers of women to congress that helped elect president barack obama odd that is doing so good for the women across the country so it's pretty clear this election was about women to the it was about women candidates and donors. we heard a lot about the women's issues, some in a way that i would prefer not to hear about. we heard a lot about the women voters that made these decisions. we heard a lot of talk about the new democratic coalitions, the learning a coalition of young people, hispanics and women. i kind of like that collision. i think that is a great coalition. but we want to keep in mind when men are not just a voting bloc of the population. women are 51% of the population. last i checked, that was the majority of the population. and we look at this last election, 55
there's great energy account of the women's leadership in this country right now. we also turned out the voters in the largest ever independent expenditure program called the women vote in competitive races across the country and by turning out these voters we didn't just elect great historic numbers of women to congress that helped elect president barack obama odd that is doing so good for the women across the country so it's pretty clear this election was about women to the it was about women...